Lovin' Short Fiction

Gumuho ang mundo ni Cherry Villafuerte sa paulit-ulit at harap-harapang pagtataksil ng kanyang nobyo. Dahil sa pagkabigo, parang nawalan ng direksyon ang buhay niya, at napilitang mag-leave sa trabaho. Ngunit sa kanyang pagkalugmok, isang lalaki ang biglang pumasok sa buhay niya—si Reynan Cuevas, ang dating masungit at suplado niyang pasyente, siya ang tila naging ilaw sa madilim niyang mundo. Sa kanilang hindi inaasahang pagkikita, may kakaibang alok sa kanya si Reynan. Isang solusyon na maaaring magpapalaya sa kanya mula sa sakit—isang kasal na kontrakwal. Ngunit handa ba siyang sumugal sa kasanduang kasal na hindi tiyak ang kahihinatnan? O mananatili siyang magpapagapos sa relasyon na siya lang ang nagmamahal?

Mary was sold by her father to the ruthless Silas Vance. But on their wedding night, before he could claim her, Silas collapsed into a cold, silent coma. Mary thinks she’s escaped a nightmare, until Julian Vance arrives. He is the estranged heir, a man fueled by shadows and a bitter hatred for his father. To Julian, Mary is a gold-digging "stepmother" who seduced an old man for a crown of blood money. He vows to break her, turning the Vance estate into her gilded prison. But in the dark corners of the mansion, his loathing turns into a lethal, forbidden obsession. Every touch is an act of war; every look is a sin. He wants to ruin her—but more than that, he wants to possess the only thing his father couldn't. And God help them both, he’s going to take what belongs to his father.

Jean is the CEO of Your Wish is My Command isang organisasyon na tumutupad ng mga requests ng iba't ibang tao sa lipunan na may kaakibat na halaga sa bawat matapos nilang misyon. She is also a hopeless romantic, dreaming on how it is to be loved and cared for but fate became playful. Nasangkot siya sa buhay ng isang sikat na aktor nang hindi inaasahan and ended up marrying him. "Speak now or forever hold your peace," narinig niyang sabi ng pari kaya napatayo siya sa gitna habang nanginginig ang mga tuhod bago naglakas-loob na isigaw ang mga katagang "Itigil ang kasal!" Kitang-kita niya na nagimbal ang lahat dahil sa kanyang sinabi. Wala siyang nagawa kundi takpan ang kanyang mukha dahil katakot-takot at nagkikislapang flash ng camera g mga reporters ang bumubungad sa kanyang pagmumukha. Only to find out later that the man who was supposed to get married on that day is the same man who happens to be her ultimate idol among the actors in the country. Because of the shame and disappointment, hindi tumigil ang lalaki na hanapin siya upang mapakasalan at maisakatuparan nito ang paghihiganti sa kanya. He promised to make her life miserable the very moment while exchanging their vows. Ngunit paano naman siya? Sapat na bang dahilan ang hindi pa ito tapos magmahal ng iba upang ituro na rin niya sa sariling puso na huwag na itong mahalin?

Kia felt strangely happy when she found out that the man she was going to marry was the man she once loved, but it was the opposite of Ludian because the woman she hated was now in front of her. How will Ludian accept the fact that Kia is the one he has to marry just for the sake of his father's reputation? Kaya bang tiisin ni Kia ang magiging trato sakaniya ni Ludian makasama niya lamang ang pinakamamahal niya.

“Loving you was a mistake. A horrible mistake!” Queen Zania spat out, but the realisation came too late. He had taken and destroyed everything she held dear, including her freedom and now, her life. Would she do anything differently if given a second chance?

Gabriella is bound to be married to Jude, her long-time crush. Gabriella is thrilled about the said wedding until she realizes that Jude never considers her to be his wife. Amy, Gabriella's friend, suggested that Gabriella should find someone who would help her get Jude's attention. Will she find someone who can help her?

After my husband, Brice Decker, gives me a cold shoulder, I end up dying after getting stabbed three times in a row by a robber who tries to rob me. My twin sister, Indigo Humphrey, specifically dresses up as me and gets close to Brice in order to clear her gambling debt. She begins kissing up to Brice like a total simp. No longer does she get jealous over Brice's first love, Amber Warner. Even when Brice and Amber are caught sleeping with each other on our bed, Indigo will deliver them a pack of contraceptives in time. Brice can't take it anymore. He asks Indigo where my jealous side has gone. That's when I laugh. Can't he tell that I'm already dead?

His large hand wraps around my throat just enough to make my pulse race, pinning me to the rain-slicked cabin wall as thunder rolls outside. “We can’t keep doing this,” he growls, but his hips grind against mine, hard and insistent, while his free hand slips under my skirt to find me already soaked. I whimper, arching into his touch, craving the sharp sting of his palm across my ass, the way he commands me to come for him like I’m his dirty little secret. My father’s best friend, the man who’s been in my life forever finally breaking every rule to claim me roughly, deeply, until I’m trembling and marked by him. What begins as one reckless, forbidden night spirals into an addiction of heated stolen moments, whispered dominance, and raw need… until the truth crashes down, pregnancies and betrayals threaten to shatter us, and everyone we love demands we end it. But how do you walk away when the only person who owns your body and heart refuses to let go?

As a reader, we can fall in love with a Fictional Character. The words that the author use to define the physical attribute makes us readers fall in love with that character. Same as Amira Madrigal, who's deeply in love with a fictional character named Zeke Alejandro from a book that she always read, the title "Unexpected Love Story". Zeke is a bad boy and an arrogant campus prince who's written to fell in love with Krisha Fajardo, the female lead character of the story. Unfortunately, Amira hasn't read the book completely because her professor caught her reading the book while his teaching. An unknown sender gives her a link to a site where she could continue to read the next part of the story. She doesn't know that this will be the way for her to enter another world. Another dimension. To meet her Love. Zeke Alejandro, the fictional character inside the book. Could she also be the main character of the story she accidentally went into? Or would be the antagonist to the main character that she always imagined to be her? How will the story run?? How will the story end??

VADIM KERZHAKOV, who lives under the disguise name, ENZO GRAYSON, is the heir to a powerful Russian mafia family,who escaped his world and his duty to live as a college lecturer, hiding secrets while seeking vengeance for his mother's death in secret. Nick Walker, a nineteen-year-old student from a poor background, never meant to cross his path. But one tense encounter pulls them together. What begins as misunderstanding turns into undeniable tension between them, and tension into immeasurable desire between them. As danger closes in on Lorenzo’s hidden past, the hardest thing to protect is love. Both men must have to choose between the lives they know and the love neither expected.